To Mark Disability Pride Month and the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, HUD Reaffirms Its Commitment to Community Living for Individuals with Disabilities July marks the 2022 celebration of Disability Pride Month and the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a comprehensive civil rights law for persons with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
June 22, 2022 - HUD Makes Over $30 Million Available to State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Partners Funding increased 6.5% to support and promote fair housing nationwide The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced it has allocated $30.1 million in noncompetitive funding for HUD’s state and local fair housing enforcement agencies across the country under...
May 13, 2022 – Senator Chris Murphy held a press conference outlining the State of Connecticut’s new mortgage relief program, MyHomeCT, that assists homeowners who were financially impacted by the pandemic. Eligible applicants may receive up to $30,000 to help them with mortgage payments and real estate taxes. The announcement took place at Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT), one of the...
May 17, 2022 - HUD Announces $10.3 Billion in Grants for Housing and Community Development Activities Across U.S The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $10.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 formula grants to communities across the United States for housing and community development activities ranging from affordable housing development to public housing modernization to...
Building Neighborhoods Together is proud to be a MyHomeCT Resource Center and provide mortgage relief services to the residents of CT. (HARTFORD, CT) - May 2, 2022 – Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of MyHomeCT – a new State of Connecticut program that is providing mortgage relief to homeowners who have experienced financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is being funded by...
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Recently Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) was visited by executives from United Illuminating Co and their parent company, Avangrid. Franklin Reynolds, President and CEO of UIL Holdings, Pablo Colón, Director of Corporate Citizenship for Avangrid, and Jalmar De Dios, Director of Communications & Economic Development for Avangrid, came to BNT’s office and presented a check for $15,000 to Doris...
BNT, one of Connecticut’s top affordable housing developers, is pleased to announce that it has chosen Doris Latorre as its new Chief Executive Officer. A long-time Bridgeport housing activist, Doris served as BNT’s Deputy Director, before being named Interim CEO last November. Doris, who has worked with BNT for more than seven years, has had a long career advocating for people’s housing rights....
December 22, 2021 - HUD Fact Sheet: 2021 Year in Review; Fair Housing Highlights December 22, 2021 - HUD published its 2021 Year in Review Fact Sheet, which includes significant collaboration between other governmental agencies and the Biden administration. The publication included the following highlights regarding Fair Housing antidiscrimination advancements: Task force established June 2021 brings...
On December 8 at 6 PM, BNT hosted its BNT Annual Benefit: Meeting the Housing Crisis at the new Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater facility in Bridgeport. The event not only raised support for the housing and counseling work BNT provides, but it also introduced funders and community supporters to Doris Latorre as BNT's new Interim CEO as of November 15, 2021. After a long year in a pandemic, this was a great...